romney and ryan will watch election results from boston. >>> the time is almost here. less than 0 minutes from now, polls will open in virginia, the first centers in our area to do so. more than just the presidential race is up for grabs on the ballot. melanie alnwick is live in fairfax county with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. i think the cold weather is keeping some of those early birds away. nobody here in line yet even though we do have just about a half hour until the polls open. obama and romney campaigns have been all over the state. six visits by the campaigns in just the last three days in the commonwealth. thirteen very important electoral votes up for grabs and new rules on voter identification could be the wild card. now, new this year, voters will have to bring a valid i. d. . the state board of elections mailed out voter i. d. cards. you can use a driver's license, a student i. d. card, a utility bill or even a gun registration card. there is a complete list of i. d. that will be accepted. in the past, voters could sign an affidavit saying they a